8:00 AM

Geometry, Depositional Processes, and Facies Associations of Basin-Margin Strata, Carboniferous Ross Sandstone (Ireland): Applications to Reservoirs located on the Margins of Structurally Confined Fans

David R. Pyles, Colorado School of Mines; David Jennette

8:15 AM

338-2

An Alternative Model for Producing Levee Topography in Deep-Water Systems Based on Field Studies from the Neoproterozoic Isaac Formation

Zishann Khan, University of Ottawa; R.W.C. Arnott, University of Ottawa

8:30 AM

338-3

Stratigraphy and Architecture of Distal Basin-Floor Strata, Neoproterozoic Middle Kaza Group, British Columbia, Canada

Viktor Terlaky, University of Ottawa; R.W.C. Arnott, University of Ottawa

8:45 AM

338-4

Sandstone and Conglomerate Populations from the Late Cretaceous-Eocene Gualala Basin, CA

Amalia C. Doebbert, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Alan Carroll, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Clark Johnson, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison

9:00 AM

338-5

Supplementing Subsurface Characterization with Insights from Outcrop: Sandstone Distribution in Slope Deposits of the Tres Pasos Formation, Chile

Stephen M. Hubbard, University of Calgary; Andrea Fildani, Chevron ETC; Brian W. Romans, Chevron ETC; Jacob A. Covault, Stanford Univ; Nicholas Drinkwater, Chevron ETC; Julian Clark, Chevron ETC; Timothy R. McHargue, Chevron ETC; Morgan Sullivan, Chevron ETC; Henry Posamentier, Chevron ETC

9:15 AM

338-6

Variations in Depositional Systems on Unstable Continental Slopes

Trey Meckel, Woodside Energy Ltd

9:30 AM

338-7

Tertiary Evolution of Upper Slope Canyons, Offshore Equatorial Guinea: Canyon Initiation, Growth and Abandonment Via Knickpoint Migration

Zane R. Jobe, Stanford University

9:45 AM

338-8

Seismic Stratigraphy, Seismic Geomorphology, and Process Sedimentology of Mass Transport and Other Non-Turbiditic Deposits in Deep-Water Environments

Henry W. Posamentier, Chevron Energy Technology Company

10:00 AM

Break

10:15 AM

338-9

Topography within the Axial Channel of Seven Submarine Canyons off California

Charles Paull, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institution; David Caress, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institution; William Ussler III, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institution; Eve Lundsten, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institution; Hans Thomas; Steve Rock, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institution

10:30 AM

338-10

Paper Withdrawn

10:45 AM

338-11

Carbonate Turbidity Currents: Examining the Effects of Grain Density

James M. Hodson, University of East Anglia; Jan Alexander, University of East Anglia; Alan Kendall, University of East Anglia; Simon J. Beavington-Penney, BG Group

11:00 AM

338-12

Comparing Flume and Computer Simulated Turbidite Flows – Implications for Sediment Deposition Patterns and Reservoir Quality

Clare E. Bond, Midland Valley Exploration; Jaco H. Baas, University of Wales Bangor; Jamie Vinnels, University of Leeds; William McCaffrey, Leeds Univ; David Waltham, University of London Royal Holloway; Stuart McClean, Midland Valley Exploration

11:15 AM

338-13

Event-Based Modeling – a New Approach to Improve Our Understanding of Deep-Water Sedimentary Systems

Andrea Fildani, Chevron ETC; Michael J. Pyrcz, ETC; Brian W. Romans, Chevron ETC; Tim McHargue, Chevron ETC; Morgan Sullivan, Chevron ETC; Julian Clark, Chevron ETC; Nicholas Drinkwater, ChevronTexaco ETC; Henry W. Posamentier

11:30 AM

338-14

Event-Based Forward Modeling – Visualizing and Predicting Turbidite Channel Architectures

Tim McHargue, Chevron ETC; Morgan Sullivan, Chevron ETC; Julian Clark, Chevron ETC; Andrea Fildani, Chevron ETC; Michael J. Pyrcz, Chevron ETC; Marjorie Levy, Chevron ETC; Henry Posamentier, Chevron ETC; Nicholas Drinkwater, Chevron ETC; Brian Romans, Chevron ETC

11:45 AM

338-15

Geometric Modeling of Submarine Channel-Levee Systems: Complex Architecture from Simple Rules

Zoltán Sylvester, Shell Int'l Exploration & Production, Inc; Carlos Pirmez, Shell Int'l Exploration & Production, Inc; Alessandro Cantelli, Shell Int'l Exploration & Production, Inc

2008 Joint Annual Meeting (5-9 Oct. 2008): Recent Advances in Deepwater Sedimentology: Science Driven by the Search for Natural Resources

338 Recent Advances in Deepwater Sedimentology: Science Driven by the Search for Natural Resources